Sale reports / Kentucky / Guthrie Livestock Auction / 2026-05-28

Guthrie Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Guthrie, Kentucky · Thu, May 28
● Final98 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2206
Feeder Cattle receipts
398 head
322 vs last sale 720 208 vs year ago 606 · 34.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
168 head
28 vs last sale 140 4 vs year ago 172 · 2.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
60 head
50 vs last sale 110 26 vs year ago 34 · +76.5%
Also sold hereSpecial Graded Feeder Cattle SaleTue Aug 11, 2026
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Thursday: Feeder steers under 550 lbs. sold cheaper on very few like comparisons and those over 550 lbs. were 5.00-7.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 600 lbs. sold 8.00-10.00 higher and those over 600 lbs. were sharply lower. Slaughter cows sold unevenly steady and slaughter bulls were 3.00-4.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $384.26/cwt on 47 head, down $7.12 from the prior sale. That ranks 8 of 30 comparable sales and sits 10.46 against this barn's trailing median of $394.72.
Average price
$384.26
7.12 vs prior sale
47 head · 554 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,129
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$213
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium 1-2
$62.91/cwt at this weight
vs the market
29.83
vs KY average
23.18 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2554392.912,17631
Medium and Large 2-3552370.002,04215thin
Medium 1-2595330.001,9641thin
One grade step is worth $62.91/cwt here — about $213 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 200–300 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

30 sales
440402364326median 394.7212/1803/0504/3006/1808/13
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $426.46, low $339.50, median $394.72 across 30 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale47 hd
384.26
KY average17 barns · 805 hd
414.09
−29.83
National average128 barns · 4,974 hd
407.44
−23.18
This barn, trailing median30 sales
394.72
−10.46
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsHigh1,618222.523,60017
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,402180.622,53277
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,137174.331,98230
CowsLean 85-90%High1,026161.251,65435

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,228$3,4616
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,160$3,4552thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,232$3,3213thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,430$3,3001thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,219$3,0975
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,035$3,0533thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,130$2,9001thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,315$2,6263thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,090$2,1502thin
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)(<2 yrs)1,005$3,24410
Bred Heifers3rd Stage (7-9 mo)(<2 yrs)998$3,1254thin
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)978$2,9752thin
Bred Heifers1st Stage (1-3 mo)(<2 yrs)950$2,4001thin
Stock CowsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,128$2,6468
Stock CowsOpen(<2 yrs)898$2,0582thin

Every lot, as filed

98 lots · USDA AMS · KY-TN Livestock Market - Guthrie, KY
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2200–250220625.00/cwt625.00–625.001,3751
BullsMedium and Large 1-2550–600563415.00/cwt415.00–415.002,3369
BullsMedium and Large 1-2650–700690350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,4152
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450–500481427.77/cwt424.00–440.002,05848
BullsMedium and Large 1-2800–850807300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,4213
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550–600554444.00/cwt444.00–444.002,46016
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600555392.23/cwt390.00–400.002,17727
HeifersMedium and Large 2600–650618336.28/cwt335.00–340.002,0784
SteersMedium and Large 1-2750–800785360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,8262
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2600–650623347.44/cwt345.00–360.002,16519
SteersMedium and Large 1-2700–750733375.00/cwt375.00–375.002,7493
BullsMedium and Large 1-2500–550529407.66/cwt407.50–408.002,15715
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2650–700685318.26/cwt315.00–325.002,1803
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3550–600567370.00/cwt370.00–370.002,0983
BullsMedium and Large 1-2450–500496440.00/cwt440.00–440.002,18220
SteersMedium and Large 1-2600–650616413.00/cwt413.00–413.002,54414
SteersMedium and Large 1-2400–450400500.00/cwt500.00–500.002,0004
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2300–350335520.00/cwt520.00–520.001,7421
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2750–800785315.00/cwt315.00–315.002,4731
SteersMedium and Large 2-3450–500453440.00/cwt440.00–440.001,9932
SteersMedium and Large 2500–550520440.00/cwt440.00–440.002,2881
HeifersMedium and Large 21050–11001,090245.00/cwt245.00–245.002,6711
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2350–400368517.50/cwt517.50–517.501,90414
SteersMedium and Large 1-2450–500466490.00/cwt490.00–490.002,2838
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500–550546397.50/cwt397.50–397.502,1704
BullsMedium and Large 1-2200–250220675.00/cwt675.00–675.001,4852
BullsMedium and Large 1-2400–450428501.34/cwt485.00–503.002,14611
BullsMedium and Large 1-2700–750720340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,4487
BullsMedium and Large 1-2600–650630375.69/cwt374.00–390.002,3679
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy600–650615397.00/cwt397.00–397.002,44212
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy700–750723392.50/cwt392.50–392.502,8384
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1502,000.00/head2,000.00–2,000.002,0001
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1722,702.25/head2,575.00–2,820.002,7025
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2323,320.57/head2,900.00–3,800.003,3213
BullsMedium and Large 1-2350–400384550.00/cwt550.00–550.002,11213
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1553,100.00/head3,100.00–3,100.003,1001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,3152,625.79/head2,350.00–2,900.002,6263
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,4303,300.00/head3,300.00–3,300.003,3001
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-21,0173,281.97/head2,900.00–3,700.003,2829
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-21,0503,400.00/head3,400.00–3,400.003,4003
BullsMedium and Large 1-2300–350310580.00/cwt580.00–580.001,7982
Bred HeifersSmall and Medium 1-28402,300.00/head2,300.00–2,300.002,3001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1603,454.53/head3,300.00–3,600.003,4552
CowsBoner 80-85%1,079167.27/cwt162.00–170.001,8057
CowsBoner 80-85%1,200156.25/cwt155.00–157.501,8752
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,278163.93/cwt163.00–165.002,0952
CowsLean 85-90%1,001175.91/cwt172.00–180.001,7618
CowsBreaker 75-80%Natural1,272195.48/cwt192.50–200.002,4873
CowsBreaker 75-80%Natural1,368181.98/cwt175.00–185.002,48910
CowsBoner 80-85%Natural1,209172.86/cwt170.00–175.002,0906
CowsBoner 80-85%1,118182.68/cwt177.00–193.002,0429
Bulls1,403234.92/cwt230.00–238.003,2963
Bulls1,562222.65/cwt219.00–228.003,4787
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,377175.05/cwt166.00–180.002,41034
CowsLean 85-90%Natural1,098169.85/cwt165.00–175.001,8652
CowsLean 85-90%1,025154.64/cwt150.00–158.001,58514
Bulls1,792205.34/cwt195.00–210.003,6803
CowsLean 85-90%1,036141.61/cwt134.00–149.001,4674
CowsBoner 80-85%Natural1,125187.59/cwt185.00–193.002,1104
BullsNatural1,746225.87/cwt220.00–230.003,9444
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,486188.21/cwt181.00–206.002,79726
BullsLarge 1-2450–500475410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,9481
SteersLarge 1-2500–550540390.00/cwt390.00–390.002,1063
CowsBoner 80-85%Natural1,115155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,7281
CowsBoner 80-85%Natural1,220160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,9521
CowsBreaker 75-80%Natural1,228164.06/cwt161.00–167.502,0152
CowsLean 85-90%1,030166.50/cwt165.00–170.001,7157
Bred CowsMedium 1-21,0302,300.00/head2,300.00–2,300.002,3001
Stock CowsMedium 1-28102,145.00/head2,145.00–2,145.002,1451
Bred HeifersMedium 1-29002,900.00/head2,900.00–2,900.002,9001
Bred HeifersMedium 1-29052,900.00/head2,900.00–2,900.002,9001
Bred CowsMedium 1-29953,190.95/head3,000.00–3,400.003,1912
Bred CowsMedium 1-29753,029.49/head2,850.00–3,200.003,0292
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2283,460.75/head3,150.00–3,800.003,4616
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1302,900.00/head2,900.00–2,900.002,9001
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-29851,970.00/head1,970.00–1,970.001,9701
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-29502,400.00/head2,400.00–2,400.002,4001
HeifersMedium 1-2550–600595330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,9641
Stock CowsMedium 1-21,0552,551.40/head2,445.00–2,685.002,5513
BullsMedium and Large 2-3350–400385450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,7332
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3300–350345480.00/cwt480.00–480.001,6561
BullsMedium and Large 2-3750–800790285.00/cwt285.00–285.002,2521
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3450–500450385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,7331
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-21,0503,050.00/head3,050.00–3,050.003,0501
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,3683,034.47/head2,900.00–3,300.003,0343
SteersMedium and Large 2-3550–600579399.32/cwt370.00–408.002,3129
BullsMedium and Large 2-3400–450433445.00/cwt445.00–445.001,9272
BullsMedium and Large 2-3500–550510364.95/cwt360.00–367.501,8613
BullsMedium and Large 2-3550–600557377.50/cwt377.50–377.502,1033
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3350–400358470.00/cwt470.00–470.001,6832
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3750–800775290.00/cwt290.00–290.002,2481
HeifersMedium and Large 2950–1000968267.50/cwt267.50–267.502,5892
SteersMedium and Large 2650–700674362.58/cwt360.00–370.002,4444
SteersMedium and Large 1-2300–350340510.00/cwt510.00–510.001,7341
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3400–450425414.15/cwt390.00–420.001,7605
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3500–550548370.00/cwt370.00–370.002,02812
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3250–300295520.00/cwt520.00–520.001,5342
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2400–450436480.00/cwt480.00–480.002,09310

How this sale compares

Kentucky weighted averages
One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Kentucky auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.